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'94 Merc Sable (130K miles), won't start, won't crank. The owner replaced the starter and ignition relay (I think, it was in the steering colum), still no start. If the key is turned to start, and the starter motor is jumped, the engine will start and run fine. The battery has been replaced...

Now we're looking at either a: 2001 Ford Focus 4-door, auto, 75K miles. OR 2003 Kia Spectra, 4-door, auto, 55K miles. Both cars are $5,500. The Focus will cost $50 less/six months to insure. Both are clean, no rust/dings, both are quiet. The tranny fluid on both is clean and doesn't smell...

My wife will be looking at a '98 Mitsubishi Galant tonight to replace her '94 Merc Sable. The Galant has about 110K miles, automatic, and 4cyl ( I think). $3500. What kind of reputation does this car have in terms of mechanical reliability. Auto tranny? Thanks!

I called my Hyundai dealer yesterday. New hyundais are speced for 5w-20 oil. I wanted to know if that spec was retroactive, or only for new cars. The guy at the service desk said "5w-20? Does that even exist? We use 5w-30 for everything." I'm thinking about emailing Hyundai corporate and...

I have two cars I'm looking at: First: is a 2003 Impala, 38K miles, 3.4L, asking 11500, and willing to give me 5K for my trade in. Also has a 4yr, 70K dealer drivetrain warranty. Payments will be about $160/month. Second is a 2005 with 30K miles, 3.4L. Essentially the same car, just younger...

I'm thinking about getting a Ford Crown Vic to replace my Hyundai Accent. The thing is, I have kid#3 on the way, and I don't want a minivan. Reliability, maintenance? I've never had a rear wheel drive car before. My Hyundai has been fantistic, it's just getting a bit too small.

1997 Toyota corolla, 1.8L, base model = 5spd with no frills. Where is my fuel filter located? Thanks.

In a recent thread here(http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=002987), people were talking about using the same oil filter on both a Toyota and a Honda (Corolla and Civic). These cars have different thread types specified. The Toyota uses UNF-2B 3/4-16 and the...

I have about 5 quarts of the SL (I believe) Maxlife 5w-30. I've done a whole bunch of searching on this site and I still don't seem to have a clear picture of what's in this oil. Moly is about 200-250ppm Calcium is about 3000ppm 12-22% PAO Is this correct? Or is this data from the Maxlife syn...

My wife's car has been getting very poor mileage for the last few months. It's a 1994 Merc Sable with the 3.0L v6, ~120K miles. I've checked all the vacume lines, pcv valve, fuel system cleaner, tire pressure. These have helped a bit, especially new tires that actually hold air. I was thinking...

I have a Hyundai Accent with a set of Hankook 835 tires, (85,000 mile warranty) with about 15K miles on em. Recently, within the last 1000 miles or so, the tires have become noisy, I mean, real noisy. Actually, this was since the last tire rotation. It seems like the noise is coming from...

94 Merc Sable, 3.0L, 120K miles. Transmission is not shifting out of 2nd. This problem showed up previously, and was cured for about 2 months by disconnecting the battery and thereby resetting the computer. Problem surfaced again a couple of days ago, and now the 'cure' only holds for a few...

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1994 Merc Sable, 3.0L. Uses the r134 AC refrigerant. AC hasn't worked in a while. Last time it did, it wouldn't get very cold. Went down to Advance Auto, bought a charging kit (bottle w/a pressure gauge), filled the system per the directions. The system had some pressure left, but not much...

I opened up a ST Ecore off of my wife's 1994 Merc Sable with the 3.0L. I had been running a mix of Superflo 10w-40 and Delvac 1300 for about 2000 miles. I think it was the #3600 Ecore filter. Took it apart with a hack saw and a pair of pliers. The paper media was in good condition, uniformly...

http://www.kimdutoit.com/forum/threadsny.php?id=9086_0_45_0_C Take a look at this thread! I told them to take a look over here, but to no avail. Anyone else want to try?

I've a '94 Merc Sable 3.0L with the AXOD tranny. This transmission currently won't shift past 2nd gear. Up until about 2 days ago this was working fine, shifting smooth with no problems. Now it shifts from 1st to 2nd with no problem, but it won't shift out od 2nd. It doesn't even try to shift...

Any new info yet? I just exchanged three older jugs of the full synthetic 5w-30 full syn for three jugs of the new A3 rated 10w-30. I know they had low add levels in the past, but I won't use these without adding some of the Valvoline Synpower additive. Just wondering if there were any new...

In looking at another thread: http://theoildrop.server101.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=010671 where a poster asked if his engine would be hard on oil, I got to thinking about my cars. '94 Merc Sable 3.0L - 6cyl - 4.5 qts '87 Bonniville 3.8L - 6cyl - 4.0 qts '02 Accent 1.6L - 4cyl...

Right now I have a Wix 33235 in mY Hyundai Accent. It's getting close to the next filter change, and I'm wondering about a filter called: Deutsch FF884 Anyone know about these filters or if they're any good? The store that sells these is a bit closer than the one that sells the wix filters.